All 7 Uses
sequence
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Tamar, by Mal Peet
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- When the second hand of both watches touched twelve, he placed the second finger of his left hand on the Morse key and tapped out his identity checks, followed by a sequence of five-letter groups.†
sequence = arranged in a specific order
- His right hand wrote fast, translating the stuttering Morse into meaningless sequences of letters.†
- An immense number of paint pots filled a shelf, arranged in a strict colour sequence like a stretched and flattened rainbow.†
*sequence = arranged in a specific order
- The transmission that Dart made at ten fifty-nine was very brief, really just a signal test: his security checks, followed by a short sequence of letter groups that told London he was on station.†
- Koop stared at the meaningless sequence of pencilled letters.†
- That's what the two sequences PBLTXY and RRGYQ mean.†
- Between these shafts there were areas of dense shadow cast by the partition walls; the sequence of brilliance and darkness confused his eyes.†
sequence = arranged in a specific order
Definitions:
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(1)
(sequence) a set of things arranged or happening in a specific order -- often chronological order
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)